Living oil : petroleum culture in the American century /
Stephanie LeMenager.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations.
- Oxford studies in American literary history ; 5 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction: Ultradeep, petroleum culture in the American century -- Origins, spills -- The aesthetics of petroleum -- Petromelancholia -- The petroleum archive.
9780199899432
American literature--History and criticism. Ecocriticism. Environmental policy in literature. Environmental protection in literature. Petroleum in literature. Petroleum industry and trade--United States.